Cloud communications company Twilio and Roomba maker iRobot announced layoffs on Monday.
Twilio is laying off 17% of its workforce, marking its second round of layoffs within six months. In September, the company announced it was cutting 11% of its workforce as part of a restructuring strategy.
- On Monday, Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson said the company is reorganizing into two business units: Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications.
- Twilio’s current COO, Khozema Shipchandler, will lead its new communications unit, and the current president of revenue, Elena Donio, will head its Data & Applications unit.
- iRobot is laying off 7% of its workforce, or about 85 people.
- Last year, Amazon announced it was acquiring iRobot for $1.7B; the deal is under review by the FTC.
